n20michael

Hey Guys!

Happy New Years!

I have to replace the 2 batteries in my boat, they are starting to get weak. I have been looking at Optimas and Kinetiks, any thoughts?

I have a single 454efi powered "little" boat with about a 1000 watts (real) RMS power stereo in the boat that I run off a seperate battery and a dedicated start battery, I also have an onboard 8 amp 2 bank charger, any thoughts/input is appreciated!

Michael

ROB FREEMAN

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kinetic hc 2400 awsom batteries , need good hard charge though ,

frontline

just bought some odessey's - awesome batterys check them out -

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/index.htm

n20michael

What do you mean by "hard charge "?

Will check out the Odyssey's, I have heard of them, Thanks!

Michael

whoya

iTrader: (1)

After having optimas for the past 4-5 years I would not recomend them.

pqjack

i bought a lot of odyssey batteries for hard to start big-inch harleys.....piece of ch*t...took me a while to find out,but i'll never buy one odyssey battery again...they dont last,have no cranking power,and take forever to recharge,,,they're only good for flashlights

n20michael

I have heard some negative stuff anout Optimas from a few people actually, and some good as well, couldnt find much about Odysseys, Kinetik might be the way to go? Do they take a special battery mount? I have "regular" wet cell batteries now

THANKS! For the input, please keep it coming

Michael

tcelano

Optimas aren't perfect, but overall, I think they have been more trouble-free than any other low usage batteries I've owned. I had one bad one that was new, and one that went bad after about 6 years.

They don't seem to have the raw cranking power of a regular lead-acid, but one blue top seems to crank a 572 ci blower motor over with enough authority. I have a relay set up to double it up to the other side just in case, though.

obnoxus

I have optimas in everything I own.

They had a rash of bad batteries a few years ago, then the company was sold and I havent had any issues since.

They also warrantied the two I had issues with.

n20michael

I appreciate the input, I see a lot of Optimas out there and I DO like the gel cell batteries, but, the Kinetiks seem pretty good too, maybe one of each?

Michael